Bocchi was THAT character that Yoppi needed in her career. It is said that when fans universally and unmistakably recognize you for one role, you're at the gates of becoming a great seiyuu.
"if you lose interest in anime, i hope you'll remember BTR as a great anime" BTR was the one that reignited my spark to watch anime. i've pretty much watched 0 anime the past 2 years until 2022.
SAME! I've watched anime every now and then, but not as much as I used to. It just felt like a lot of anime I've watched have been the same. Bocchi changed all of that. I've never watched something like this before. So much passion has been in it..
I was burned last season and watched half of what I usually watch. But Bocchi made me pick everything angain this season Sadly I watched too many mid shows that I got instantly burned out angain and dropped everything but some sequels and the Yuri Isekai I guess my time as a seasonal watched has ended. But there's 400 shows in my plan to watch that needs watching.
I really love her corner section. It feels like she added a little bit of reality like loneliness, work, and passion. Not just she constantly talk about the anime, but she sometimes talk about herself too. I hope you can translate more content of her radio, thank you!
It's fitting that the opening section of _Bocchi the Radio_ is named "Bocchi Time", for multiple reasons. Yoshino Aoyama always hosts this segment alone (and on some days, even the entire radio whenever there's no guests to join her), and often goes into her own thought processes for various aspects of her career and life - a bit like how "Bocchi Time" as a segment in the anime is the name of the segments which dive into the mind of the title character, and the delusions she creates when she's off in her own world. The more I see these segments, the more I truly believe that becoming the voice of Hitori Gotoh was destiny for her.
@@matasa7463 Well, Hamazi-sensei probably didn't realise at the time that what Yoppi talks about during Bocchi Time had many similarities to the character she voices, but I do remember hearing from others that she apparently laughed upon hearing her performance during the audition, despite only apparently being the second person to roll up for the auditions. The fact that it worked out that way is still a miracle, even if somewhat harshly fitting for them both.
I’ve never even heard of her but I totally felt that. It’s hard being an actor. You apply for hundreds upon thousands of roles. All we can do is shoot our best shot and not regret having did our best. But it definitely does hurt watching something you submitted for and they picked someone else
Agreed. I have been doing amateur voice acting since 2015, and I have new respect for those voice actors, especially in Japan where the competition is really tight. Even the seiyuu who I believe to be good, they are still unable to get regular roles.
Working behind the scenes probably takes out the magic, I bet Yoppi keeps thinking about what sort of direction and studio they used when she's watching anime lol. I really hope Bocchi pushes her career forward, the way she not only acts but also feels "Hitori Gotoh" makes it much more believable and it goes to show how much talented she is.
There's an interview wich Bocchi's staff where the producer says that when he reads a manga he can't like/dislike it anymore, he can only imagine how that will be adapted to anime.
How does it show that you are talented if you are great at playing a role that a perfect fit for you? I mean she told some stories about herself and it seemed like the role was just a perfect match. If she doesnt play this one perfectly, which will she. Not that I want to take anything away from the great work she did but your comment makes zero sense.
I took an over 10 year complete break from watching anime and came back to it in my 30s. The weeb disease is not curable, it just goes into remission :)
@@MrOiram46 I guess im thankful that I only got into anime when VE gaiden movie came out (art college classmate got me into it), barely touched anything anime or manga related (closest would be the Pokemon series and occasional Doremon on the local TV and then the PSP game for gundam (didn't even know what it was just it was popular around) ) but also VE, and indirectly kyoani, caused my standard to be that high which meant most of the anime is mid... but BTR is definitely on the same level as VE a 10 / 10
Bocchi the rock isnt just a great anime, its undeniably a masterpiece. One of my favorites. This is the first time I've seen a season 1 anime that feels complete (even tho the content is still ongoing), its a stand-alone, and I love all aspects of the anime. All of the seiyuu did a phenomenal job in this anime and I hope they got the boost in their career that they needed.
I understand that feeling, not because of the same reason as her but I understand the feeling when you suddenly feel so indifferent about something you used to be so passionate about. It's like you have lost something important that you absolutely don't want to lose and keep holding onto it even though it's no longer there.
I think people tend to self-identify strongly with what they are passionate about (and what they dislike). I love anime -> I'm an anime fan -> I'll only watch anime. Ofc you'll get bored of something if you dig yourself a hole like that. There's so much stuff to watch so much stuff to read so much stuff to listen to yet so why limit yourself to one medium. Ofc I get not everything will be palatable. For example I was really passionate about physics in high school but wasnt smart enough for it so became a doc instead. I still chased it for awhile but trying to self-learn College level physics is no laughing matter. That applies for arts as well - you will find a movie or a book that can't dig into. However you don't lose much for trying to get into stuff that you think you may not like. Your favorite shows aren't going away why not expand your horizon a bit? Even if they are going away what's wrong with it?
I like playing piano, every practice sessions I took are always 2 or more hours. Looking back at it, there aren't many (if isn't none) people who enjoy practicing/playing piano like I do. Not that they have no interest in it, in fact, most of the people I ask (from school, work) have thoughts like "piano is so cool", "I want to play piano so bad but I don't have enough money to buy one", "you know that [xxx] channel who post synthesia? I have literally watched all of their video, ahh I want to be able to play like them" but when I let them try my digital keyboard for beginners, at first they are all excited, but then some of them find it too hard to play and get bored very quickly, some are better, they asked me if they can use it more often to practice but then give up after one or two week because they faced beginner problems (which is hard for beginners to overcome) like 'its too hard to play by 2 hands", "there is no way I can reach this note", "my pinky, forth finger are so weak, why I have to use them to play that note?",... I don't blame them, I'm even appreciate them. Because of their interactions, I am grateful that I can find enjoyment in playing piano in particular and instrument in general.
i enjoy gardening and all sufferings and drama i’ve been through - plants eaten by pests, allergic reactions to various plants, overspending on plants and soil mix, and spending an entire week exhausted on gardening like you typed, i do find enjoyment doing all this
That's why I don't want to 'work' in something I love. Maybe there are some people who can, but I don't think I will be able to enjoy what I love if I have no choice but do it all the time.
true, you'd hear "if you love your job, you dont work a single day". but if i didnt, it could instead be "work on the thing you love soooo much every single day"
nowadays before finding an anime that i truly wanna watch is quite difficult to me, especially since the isekai era started... but im glad i discovered bocchi the rock and i hope more seasons will be aired
“Someday if you ever find yourself not motivated enough to watch anime, just remember that Bocchi The Rock was the only good anime you ever watched.” -Yoppi prolly
I can sorta relate even if I don't fully share the same reasons. I'm a 3D artist that works on games and I definitely don't enjoy them the way I used to. I don't have to go out and get roles, I just work for a company so I don't really regret not being able to work on specific titles. But I kinda have this bitterness towards games I have worked on, and I think I will become a bit OCD and notice flaws in stuff where when I was younger I would just play and not give a shit. Or maybe something looks damn good and its imposter syndrome time cause shit, how do I do that, I can't do that! Can I survive in this industry?! Even though I've been working 10 years already. I definitely feel too lazy to play new games nowadays, though part of the reason would be that I'm also just older and more tired. Can't fully blame being in the trade but it certainly doesn't help.
Might be massively biased but introverts tend to be pretty sincere once they open up and are comfortable. Their limited experience in social situations means it's less likely they'll try to manipulate the outcome. Ofc the fear of rejection or not being taken seriously is too strong so they may not open up at all
This really happened to me last year or even before, but I didn't know I wasn't enjoying watching anime as much as I used to. I've been an anime lover for 30 years. People change all the time, I guess.
I think its a pretty common phenomenon that if you do the thing you like/love as a job, you'll start disliking it, or even hating it. It happened to me when I was a piano tutor. I started to not have the motivation to practice piano, and in the end I had to quit being a piano tutor to enjoy piano again.
It's been about 6 years since I started my proper anime journey. Lately, I've been feeling the same thing what she said. I just don't find a lot of anime interesting now because of the tropes, mostly focused on teenagers and being predictable. Though I'm glad I'm able to enjoy reading manga. Finished Oyasumi Punpun and started reading Berserk. It's after reading I feel the anime industry is just trying to be more lucrative by playing it safe. Anime like Bocchi the Rock and Vinland Saga have kept me going for now.
In these years where recession is at the front door, watching something like NHK ni Youkoso, or The Place Further Than The Sky is somewhat depressing rather than entertaining.
This is quite true yet slightly depressing at the same time. Given how widespread and linked anime is to the lives of these VAs, they'll likely find themselves regretting not being part of a (likely successful) crew behind a series they wanted to be on or thinking about how to get their next gig with such a large talent/competition pool. Even if they are burned out from work, it might not be as easy to avoid anime and thinking about work in Japan as compared to elsewhere, or compared to other jobs. Really hats off to them. Also, it reminded me of a "sauce" featuring a fictional female MC who had a passion for anime and became a VA but didn't make it big and was burned out. Because her hobby was her job, she couldn't exactly unwind the same way until she met a childhood friend (male MC). Not an extremely unique story but it felt like it would parallel what Yoppi and other VAs felt.
I feel like this as a writer. I still enjoy reading (you have to in order to write at all), but I read things with a different eye; I will read a line or two and think, "This prose is clunky. I would have phrased this differently." Or "This imagery is very cool, but doesn't it countermand the imagery that's previously been used to describe this character?" When you become a creative in a certain field, it changes the way you interact with it and takes out some of the magic.
In the end, we all do things in life, things that we will eventually forget. Personally, once you have experienced the feeling again, you'll find yourself coming back. Bocchi the Rock was one of the animes that pulled me back when i was burned out from watching random anime (i have a watchlist where i watch them in order), made me realize that i should watch anime that i find interesting and not watch anime that i find 10 seconds after getting the sauce.
I'm dealing with trauma coincidentally when I experienced the trauma in the past I happened to love anime at the time, so anime is the trigger to most of my anxiety attacks believe it or not; even though they're not the reason why I was traumatized. SO ever since then, I haven't been able to properly watch anime. I remember the days of me enjoying them but nowadays I've been limited to only see & not feel.
Well, what's she said is true tho, when i get older, i've never feeling this enjoyment and passionate on watching anime ever again, maybe because of work or basically i'm already tired with life that my free time i spent is for rest instead, even with good anime like BTR, i've never try to watch it
I understand what Aoyama-san said,once you working hard to create a voice for anime,you will become bit tired as well not remember what have you done when working on it, because obviously there a lot voice you must make to create one character and some Seiyuu obviously have more than just one anime job so they sometimes need a strong memory for each character voice,that why I highly respecting Seiyuu and I wish I can become like them someday Also,im enjoying Bocchi the Rock despite initially slow start,but once it hit deeply,I just want to watch it until the end.i must thanking Slow Loop too for being the one who connect me with Bocchi The Rock,I guess friendship does exist in Manga and Anime World
The sad thing for me is that it's already happening. There's some anime where I can't get past tbe first episode because I can't stop thinking how stupid it is and why am I wasting time watching something so bad, even though in the oast it would be something I loved to watch. There's very little anime I can truely enjoy nowadays. Thankfully Bocchi was one of them.
Well, i transitioned to reading manga only after i left watching anime due to me becoming busy as i grew older. I mostly found peace in mangas knowing that at least i knew what would happen and i could shield myself from heartbreaking moments if there were any. And then suddenly, i saw clips of BTR recommended to me, and it attracted me. Like there was sth simple. Yet so unique about the MC(i didnt know anything abt BTR i tell you), then after i watched the first ep i was so hooked on it. I literally saw myself in her character, and holy hell i binged watched the entire season in one night. Probably the first anime i actually was hooked on and watched like that in 4 years. I plan on reading the manga to catch up. I wont forget how good this show was.
Yoppi casually being relatable again jeez, i'm not a voice actor, i'm a music producer and make a living from it, there's always moments when a creative workers thinking to quit what they do because they aren't as passionate as before, everything starts to become repetitive, too competitive, and also dealing with impostor syndrome all the time, i'm still struggling exactly like yoppi said in here tho
I felt the anime tackled its core subject pretty sincerely. Youd often get stuff like Ryou saying losing your uniqueness as equivalent to dying, Bocchi wondering what it means to improve - things you wouldn't get in a kirarara anime. Ofc Bocchi's social anxiety is so well realised, Kita is shown to be multidimensional etc. Aoyama's comments are along those lines - stuff we know all along but feels great when someone says them out loud
if i got to audition voice actors/actresses, i’d consider: > ability to improv > capability to method acting > speak and understand more than one language > doing the voice act _before_ the animation
Personally for me I have gotten more and more and MORE picky with shows I pick up every season, and even if I do like it, I will go on for weeks not watching any and just binging them in one go.
I was surprised looking at the Seiyuu of this anime. I recognized no one’s names, and I love when directors give less experienced and new voice actors chances to shine
I hope I wont lose the fun of watching anime but even if I do get older and lose it I know that Jojo's bizarre adventure, gintama, vivy flourite eyes song, bocchi the rock and a few other anime will have my back even then
I can't relate since I am not a seiyuu or a V.A... but I kinda hate my voice regardless of how good people tell it is, so If I ever got casted for an anime, I just couldn't watch that anime because of my voice lol
Mm.. Bit of a sad perspective if you were an anime fan to begin with. I'm 29 now and I have watched anime for about two decades; certainly the way I enjoy it has changed a lot over the years, but it's still something that I enjoy a lot. If you're a VA I imagine that you'd have a lot more passion for anime than most fans so having that get tainted by your professional life must suck
When she said "How could you even watch the anime normally?" I instantly remembered the scene where she just found out that nijika's sister is her manager. That face, i can already imagine it, and the hair that popped out, i can already tell she makes that face everytime.
Sounds a bit like what happened to Sora Amamiya. She got typecast into princess roles and people used to criticize her for being "bland" or "indistinct". Then she voiced Aqua. And everything changed.
It's pretty close to the proverb "Ignorance is bliss". Ever since I became a translator, the very first thing that I came to notice is that I start to relate anime and manga to my work. "Is this sub accurate?" "Why did the translator use this expression for this scene?" "If I were the translator, how would I translate this part?" "That translation sounds a bit off." I figure a similar experience happens to everyone who turned their hobby into a job.
As a manga reader, when you practically knew the plot, nothing in em amused you much further. You kinda just finding fault with the script the more you watch tho.
for me its quite different,the voice acting,animation,opening and music hits you so out of left field that its practically a new show...except for the story obviously
The dark side of seiyuus. While one passed the audition, a hundred more failed. Yoppi probly failed a lot in the past and stuck with side/background characters, I’m glad that she got the main role in BTR. And she showed that she can play her role perfectly. It can’t just be talent in this industry, it’s also luck. A hundred talented seiyuus but only one main role. It’s harsh reality. But anyways, I wont forget BTR. It will have a special place in my heart. Thank you Yoppi for the great Bocchi performance.
i mean thats just not true, for anything really, not just anime but also movies and youtube especially becuase in anime a lot of times seiyuu only get their part of the script so they might not understand the full story PLUS, normally they dont record over the actual anime itself but like a preliminary storyboard version so getting to see the finished product is also something they can very much enjoy and as for the auditions they fail, i think it really comes down to aoyama-san's personal passion for the job shes very passionate about it so she will feel defeated if she fails an audition but from what you hear from other seiyuu's its more of 'i wonder who got the role that i failed in' and they learn from there
isnt it because seiyuu got spoiled the plot = cant enjoy that anime anymore? i dont feel like i wont be able to enjoy animes if i get old... age shouldnt matter for you to have fun watching any show.
In this case I believe it's because her semiotics got scrambled from anime = entertainment to, anime = if I don't get the role I'd lose my job which stresses me out.
Nah it has something to do with professional life, just imagine watching an anime full of character that is voiced by people that you trying to compete with and lose. Suck right? they got the job and got paid and you failed and got anxiety of the uncertainty whether or not you can afford food if this goes for too long.
I genuinely feel bad for her. She's basically saying its hard for her to enjoy the anime since she's one of the seiyuu's right? (Im not a native english so i might've misunderstood what she said)
Being seiyuu is tough because you have to compete with other seiyuus for a role. She said that she had tries apply thousands of application for hundreds of different roles and failed to get the role from time to time. The reason why she can't enjoy anime any longer is because of jealosy over someone's success to be able to get a role and a regret that she can't or failed to have one.
it will be unfortunately since i see japanese animation often heavily relies on fanservices and merchandising. i think they should experience with new things like what we have from dreamworks and sony animation
@@nerd2544 no i heard its actually a pretty good, underrated anime. sold like 20,000+ bds which is really good because of the gacha, think its getting a third season, and has high reviews from what ive heard. idk what op on about
![[Eng Sub] Onee-chan's message to Yoppi and Sayumin - Bocchi the Radio w/Maaya Uchida](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/pCUpfS764cQ/mqdefault.jpg)
![Yeat & Summrs - GO2WORK [Official Music Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/NEFEwfPcXRA/mqdefault.jpg)
Bocchi was THAT character that Yoppi needed in her career.
It is said that when fans universally and unmistakably recognize you for one role, you're at the gates of becoming a great seiyuu.
That make me remember what happened to koga aoi in kaguya-sama
@@versev0 Rie takanashi, Yuki kaji and misaki kuno are the biggest examples
@@marmedalmond9958 Megumin, Eren, and who?
@@danieltruong4873 klee
she will make it to the legends like miyuki sawashiro,rie kugimiya, hanazawa kana, saori hayami and many more
"if you lose interest in anime, i hope you'll remember BTR as a great anime"
BTR was the one that reignited my spark to watch anime. i've pretty much watched 0 anime the past 2 years until 2022.
SAME! I've watched anime every now and then, but not as much as I used to. It just felt like a lot of anime I've watched have been the same.
Bocchi changed all of that. I've never watched something like this before. So much passion has been in it..
I was burned last season and watched half of what I usually watch. But Bocchi made me pick everything angain this season
Sadly I watched too many mid shows that I got instantly burned out angain and dropped everything but some sequels and the Yuri Isekai
I guess my time as a seasonal watched has ended. But there's 400 shows in my plan to watch that needs watching.
Wow, I had the same experience!
same here bro 😭
welcome back
Bocchi The Rock is so good that even other seiyuus can enjoy watching it
I really love her corner section. It feels like she added a little bit of reality like loneliness, work, and passion. Not just she constantly talk about the anime, but she sometimes talk about herself too. I hope you can translate more content of her radio, thank you!
It's fitting that the opening section of _Bocchi the Radio_ is named "Bocchi Time", for multiple reasons. Yoshino Aoyama always hosts this segment alone (and on some days, even the entire radio whenever there's no guests to join her), and often goes into her own thought processes for various aspects of her career and life - a bit like how "Bocchi Time" as a segment in the anime is the name of the segments which dive into the mind of the title character, and the delusions she creates when she's off in her own world.
The more I see these segments, the more I truly believe that becoming the voice of Hitori Gotoh was destiny for her.
@@FieraDevilWings I think the author picked her out for that reason too. She basically heard Yoppi and went "yup, that's Bocchi."
@@matasa7463 Well, Hamazi-sensei probably didn't realise at the time that what Yoppi talks about during Bocchi Time had many similarities to the character she voices, but I do remember hearing from others that she apparently laughed upon hearing her performance during the audition, despite only apparently being the second person to roll up for the auditions. The fact that it worked out that way is still a miracle, even if somewhat harshly fitting for them both.
@@FieraDevilWings Just finished the show, any more places I can find more info about BtR auditions?
@@s07195 To be honest, I'm not really sure. Maybe just look at more Bocchi the Radio, or other interviews they have done in the past?
I’ve never even heard of her but I totally felt that. It’s hard being an actor. You apply for hundreds upon thousands of roles. All we can do is shoot our best shot and not regret having did our best. But it definitely does hurt watching something you submitted for and they picked someone else
Agreed. I have been doing amateur voice acting since 2015, and I have new respect for those voice actors, especially in Japan where the competition is really tight. Even the seiyuu who I believe to be good, they are still unable to get regular roles.
All I know is that I will never forget Bocchi the Rock, and Yoppi's role in it.
Working behind the scenes probably takes out the magic, I bet Yoppi keeps thinking about what sort of direction and studio they used when she's watching anime lol.
I really hope Bocchi pushes her career forward, the way she not only acts but also feels "Hitori Gotoh" makes it much more believable and it goes to show how much talented she is.
There's an interview wich Bocchi's staff where the producer says that when he reads a manga he can't like/dislike it anymore, he can only imagine how that will be adapted to anime.
@@TheEmolano The curse of "being a professional", I guess. It's natural and to be expected, sadly.
@@TheEmolano They just love it a different way, as an artist appreciating art. It's another way of viewing something, I guess.
This is pretty common in gane design as well
How does it show that you are talented if you are great at playing a role that a perfect fit for you? I mean she told some stories about herself and it seemed like the role was just a perfect match. If she doesnt play this one perfectly, which will she. Not that I want to take anything away from the great work she did but your comment makes zero sense.
I didn't expect this to turn into a therapy session, but what she said about finding joy is really important
She’ll probably land a lot more roles from now on fortunately
I took an over 10 year complete break from watching anime and came back to it in my 30s. The weeb disease is not curable, it just goes into remission :)
and not only did you return to anime, but you also stumbled, fell, and dove into the vtuber rabbit hole. im proud of you
@@homurizu Weeb disease mutated and came back with a vengeance
@@MrOiram46 I guess im thankful that I only got into anime when VE gaiden movie came out (art college classmate got me into it), barely touched anything anime or manga related (closest would be the Pokemon series and occasional Doremon on the local TV and then the PSP game for gundam (didn't even know what it was just it was popular around) )
but also VE, and indirectly kyoani, caused my standard to be that high which meant most of the anime is mid... but BTR is definitely on the same level as VE a 10 / 10
Nice koronesuki 👍👍
@@ne4981 finger finger
Bocchi the rock isnt just a great anime, its undeniably a masterpiece. One of my favorites. This is the first time I've seen a season 1 anime that feels complete (even tho the content is still ongoing), its a stand-alone, and I love all aspects of the anime. All of the seiyuu did a phenomenal job in this anime and I hope they got the boost in their career that they needed.
I understand that feeling, not because of the same reason as her but I understand the feeling when you suddenly feel so indifferent about something you used to be so passionate about. It's like you have lost something important that you absolutely don't want to lose and keep holding onto it even though it's no longer there.
I think people tend to self-identify strongly with what they are passionate about (and what they dislike). I love anime -> I'm an anime fan -> I'll only watch anime. Ofc you'll get bored of something if you dig yourself a hole like that. There's so much stuff to watch so much stuff to read so much stuff to listen to yet so why limit yourself to one medium. Ofc I get not everything will be palatable. For example I was really passionate about physics in high school but wasnt smart enough for it so became a doc instead. I still chased it for awhile but trying to self-learn College level physics is no laughing matter. That applies for arts as well - you will find a movie or a book that can't dig into. However you don't lose much for trying to get into stuff that you think you may not like. Your favorite shows aren't going away why not expand your horizon a bit? Even if they are going away what's wrong with it?
I don't even know what this anime is nor this VA but it feels great I wasn't the only one who values "the ability to find enjoyment in anything"
I like playing piano, every practice sessions I took are always 2 or more hours. Looking back at it, there aren't many (if isn't none) people who enjoy practicing/playing piano like I do. Not that they have no interest in it, in fact, most of the people I ask (from school, work) have thoughts like "piano is so cool", "I want to play piano so bad but I don't have enough money to buy one", "you know that [xxx] channel who post synthesia? I have literally watched all of their video, ahh I want to be able to play like them" but when I let them try my digital keyboard for beginners, at first they are all excited, but then some of them find it too hard to play and get bored very quickly, some are better, they asked me if they can use it more often to practice but then give up after one or two week because they faced beginner problems (which is hard for beginners to overcome) like 'its too hard to play by 2 hands", "there is no way I can reach this note", "my pinky, forth finger are so weak, why I have to use them to play that note?",... I don't blame them, I'm even appreciate them. Because of their interactions, I am grateful that I can find enjoyment in playing piano in particular and instrument in general.
i enjoy gardening and all sufferings and drama i’ve been through - plants eaten by pests, allergic reactions to various plants, overspending on plants and soil mix, and spending an entire week exhausted on gardening
like you typed, i do find enjoyment doing all this
That's why I don't want to 'work' in something I love. Maybe there are some people who can, but I don't think I will be able to enjoy what I love if I have no choice but do it all the time.
true, you'd hear "if you love your job, you dont work a single day". but if i didnt, it could instead be "work on the thing you love soooo much every single day"
thank you for translating this, please post even more Bocchi the Radio, if possible !
It's actually a very interesting topic.
Nice video.
I haven't watched a full series in a long long time but recently just started watching again, Bocchi the rock was the first one I started with
I can totally feel that.
nowadays before finding an anime that i truly wanna watch is quite difficult to me, especially since the isekai era started... but im glad i discovered bocchi the rock and i hope more seasons will be aired
“Someday if you ever find yourself not motivated enough to watch anime, just remember that Bocchi The Rock was the only good anime you ever watched.” -Yoppi prolly
I can sorta relate even if I don't fully share the same reasons. I'm a 3D artist that works on games and I definitely don't enjoy them the way I used to. I don't have to go out and get roles, I just work for a company so I don't really regret not being able to work on specific titles. But I kinda have this bitterness towards games I have worked on, and I think I will become a bit OCD and notice flaws in stuff where when I was younger I would just play and not give a shit. Or maybe something looks damn good and its imposter syndrome time cause shit, how do I do that, I can't do that! Can I survive in this industry?! Even though I've been working 10 years already.
I definitely feel too lazy to play new games nowadays, though part of the reason would be that I'm also just older and more tired. Can't fully blame being in the trade but it certainly doesn't help.
That broke my heart when she said that, but she’s such a good voice actress, helps fill me with hope.
she have that anxiety to watch anime like that damn, she is bocchi fr but in anime industry
thats not it at all
@@defectivepikachu4582lmfao
1:13 I really liked her voice when she said those lines
Honestly I really like how in the radio Bocchi's VA sounds really sincere and meant a lot of stuff she said on air
Might be massively biased but introverts tend to be pretty sincere once they open up and are comfortable. Their limited experience in social situations means it's less likely they'll try to manipulate the outcome. Ofc the fear of rejection or not being taken seriously is too strong so they may not open up at all
This really happened to me last year or even before, but I didn't know I wasn't enjoying watching anime as much as I used to. I've been an anime lover for 30 years. People change all the time, I guess.
It is a natural process, due to circumstances but hopefully when you are older or free, you will find joy in reliving your childhood
Bocchi is one of 2 shows recently that reminded me why I've spent so much time on anime.
Yeah i can understand her feeling. Anime industry is harsh
You know you love your favorite anime when you watch it again especially even watching in dub to see the difference
I think its a pretty common phenomenon that if you do the thing you like/love as a job, you'll start disliking it, or even hating it. It happened to me when I was a piano tutor. I started to not have the motivation to practice piano, and in the end I had to quit being a piano tutor to enjoy piano again.
Yeah, too much of one thing can really affect your enjoyment of said thing. Getting burned out from something you love really sucks
Bocchi the Rock helped rise my guitar playing to a level I never thought possible for myself. I am forever grateful.
Pretty insightful information, never thought of that from the perspective of a seiyuu.
Thanks for the translation.
Your thumbnail paid off for me.
It's been about 6 years since I started my proper anime journey. Lately, I've been feeling the same thing what she said. I just don't find a lot of anime interesting now because of the tropes, mostly focused on teenagers and being predictable. Though I'm glad I'm able to enjoy reading manga. Finished Oyasumi Punpun and started reading Berserk. It's after reading I feel the anime industry is just trying to be more lucrative by playing it safe. Anime like Bocchi the Rock and Vinland Saga have kept me going for now.
yoppi opened up there. respect ✊
That was straight sad.
true, years ago I can watch like 12 on going anime per season and still not enough, nowadays i can barely finish 1 episode a day.
Even if I were 80 years old, I would still love bocchi the Rock
DESPAIR TOO REAL
In these years where recession is at the front door, watching something like NHK ni Youkoso, or The Place Further Than The Sky is somewhat depressing rather than entertaining.
This is quite true yet slightly depressing at the same time.
Given how widespread and linked anime is to the lives of these VAs, they'll likely find themselves regretting not being part of a (likely successful) crew behind a series they wanted to be on or thinking about how to get their next gig with such a large talent/competition pool.
Even if they are burned out from work, it might not be as easy to avoid anime and thinking about work in Japan as compared to elsewhere, or compared to other jobs.
Really hats off to them. Also, it reminded me of a "sauce" featuring a fictional female MC who had a passion for anime and became a VA but didn't make it big and was burned out. Because her hobby was her job, she couldn't exactly unwind the same way until she met a childhood friend (male MC). Not an extremely unique story but it felt like it would parallel what Yoppi and other VAs felt.
I feel like this as a writer. I still enjoy reading (you have to in order to write at all), but I read things with a different eye; I will read a line or two and think, "This prose is clunky. I would have phrased this differently." Or "This imagery is very cool, but doesn't it countermand the imagery that's previously been used to describe this character?" When you become a creative in a certain field, it changes the way you interact with it and takes out some of the magic.
Bocchi the rock has a special place in our hearts
I can't see myself not enjoying anime in the future
Thanks for the translation
In the end, we all do things in life, things that we will eventually forget. Personally, once you have experienced the feeling again, you'll find yourself coming back.
Bocchi the Rock was one of the animes that pulled me back when i was burned out from watching random anime (i have a watchlist where i watch them in order), made me realize that i should watch anime that i find interesting and not watch anime that i find 10 seconds after getting the sauce.
I'm dealing with trauma coincidentally when I experienced the trauma in the past I happened to love anime at the time, so anime is the trigger to most of my anxiety attacks believe it or not; even though they're not the reason why I was traumatized. SO ever since then, I haven't been able to properly watch anime. I remember the days of me enjoying them but nowadays I've been limited to only see & not feel.
Well, what's she said is true tho, when i get older, i've never feeling this enjoyment and passionate on watching anime ever again, maybe because of work or basically i'm already tired with life that my free time i spent is for rest instead, even with good anime like BTR, i've never try to watch it
been there. now i can rewatch anime now
tl;dr Bocchi got too real for her lol
She got the bocchi virus
I understand what Aoyama-san said,once you working hard to create a voice for anime,you will become bit tired as well not remember what have you done when working on it, because obviously there a lot voice you must make to create one character and some Seiyuu obviously have more than just one anime job so they sometimes need a strong memory for each character voice,that why I highly respecting Seiyuu and I wish I can become like them someday
Also,im enjoying Bocchi the Rock despite initially slow start,but once it hit deeply,I just want to watch it until the end.i must thanking Slow Loop too for being the one who connect me with Bocchi The Rock,I guess friendship does exist in Manga and Anime World
ofc we will rember BTR
The sad thing for me is that it's already happening. There's some anime where I can't get past tbe first episode because I can't stop thinking how stupid it is and why am I wasting time watching something so bad, even though in the oast it would be something I loved to watch. There's very little anime I can truely enjoy nowadays. Thankfully Bocchi was one of them.
Well, i transitioned to reading manga only after i left watching anime due to me becoming busy as i grew older. I mostly found peace in mangas knowing that at least i knew what would happen and i could shield myself from heartbreaking moments if there were any. And then suddenly, i saw clips of BTR recommended to me, and it attracted me. Like there was sth simple. Yet so unique about the MC(i didnt know anything abt BTR i tell you), then after i watched the first ep i was so hooked on it. I literally saw myself in her character, and holy hell i binged watched the entire season in one night. Probably the first anime i actually was hooked on and watched like that in 4 years. I plan on reading the manga to catch up. I wont forget how good this show was.
Yoppi casually being relatable again jeez, i'm not a voice actor, i'm a music producer and make a living from it, there's always moments when a creative workers thinking to quit what they do because they aren't as passionate as before, everything starts to become repetitive, too competitive, and also dealing with impostor syndrome all the time, i'm still struggling exactly like yoppi said in here tho
Damn it's 2 a.m. and I got myself a lecture of a lifetime
BTR is one of my all time favorite anime
I never expect I would get a deep talk with Bocchi😂
adult bocchi hits real
she shall give a talk on philosophy or social science, and hell - ted talks!
I felt the anime tackled its core subject pretty sincerely. Youd often get stuff like Ryou saying losing your uniqueness as equivalent to dying, Bocchi wondering what it means to improve - things you wouldn't get in a kirarara anime. Ofc Bocchi's social anxiety is so well realised, Kita is shown to be multidimensional etc. Aoyama's comments are along those lines - stuff we know all along but feels great when someone says them out loud
if i got to audition voice actors/actresses, i’d consider:
> ability to improv
> capability to method acting
> speak and understand more than one language
> doing the voice act _before_ the animation
Personally for me I have gotten more and more and MORE picky with shows I pick up every season, and even if I do like it, I will go on for weeks not watching any and just binging them in one go.
Happens with videogames too Aware
I was surprised looking at the Seiyuu of this anime. I recognized no one’s names, and I love when directors give less experienced and new voice actors chances to shine
1:26 Im agree, and i will
I hope I wont lose the fun of watching anime but even if I do get older and lose it I know that Jojo's bizarre adventure, gintama, vivy flourite eyes song, bocchi the rock and a few other anime will have my back even then
She was a one hit wonder. She stopped going for roles in 2024.
F to all seiyuus who cannot enjoy anime anymore o7
I've only one thing to say :
WAKARUUUUUU
I can't relate since I am not a seiyuu or a V.A... but I kinda hate my voice regardless of how good people tell it is, so If I ever got casted for an anime, I just couldn't watch that anime because of my voice lol
Mm.. Bit of a sad perspective if you were an anime fan to begin with. I'm 29 now and I have watched anime for about two decades; certainly the way I enjoy it has changed a lot over the years, but it's still something that I enjoy a lot. If you're a VA I imagine that you'd have a lot more passion for anime than most fans so having that get tainted by your professional life must suck
Shes like us FRFR
Being born in Southeast Asia is wild bro you can get traumatized by anime wtf.
Solution: don't apply for characters you would like to watch
Now think about the animators who draw the same 5 seconds of footage 100 times. It's normal to get sick of watching the scene after that.
When she said "How could you even watch the anime normally?" I instantly remembered the scene where she just found out that nijika's sister is her manager. That face, i can already imagine it, and the hair that popped out, i can already tell she makes that face everytime.
What? So she can't even enjoyed other anime that she wasn't work on ? That's a bit sad.
Sounds a bit like what happened to Sora Amamiya. She got typecast into princess roles and people used to criticize her for being "bland" or "indistinct".
Then she voiced Aqua.
And everything changed.
Idk why that quote exist, just enjoy it all, and Yoppibocchi is so pog
It's pretty close to the proverb "Ignorance is bliss".
Ever since I became a translator, the very first thing that I came to notice is that I start to relate anime and manga to my work.
"Is this sub accurate?"
"Why did the translator use this expression for this scene?"
"If I were the translator, how would I translate this part?"
"That translation sounds a bit off."
I figure a similar experience happens to everyone who turned their hobby into a job.
Yoshino is too insecure like bocchi , lmao
It is not hard to find something you enjoy that can’t earn income but it is not easy to find something you enjoy that can earn wages/salaries. 😕
As a manga reader, when you practically knew the plot, nothing in em amused you much further. You kinda just finding fault with the script the more you watch tho.
for me its quite different,the voice acting,animation,opening and music hits you so out of left field that its practically a new show...except for the story obviously
The dark side of seiyuus. While one passed the audition, a hundred more failed. Yoppi probly failed a lot in the past and stuck with side/background characters, I’m glad that she got the main role in BTR. And she showed that she can play her role perfectly. It can’t just be talent in this industry, it’s also luck. A hundred talented seiyuus but only one main role. It’s harsh reality. But anyways, I wont forget BTR. It will have a special place in my heart. Thank you Yoppi for the great Bocchi performance.
So making a voice for the character takes *that* much energy you can't watch joyfully the same anime as before?
It's that you enjoy an anime less when you failed to be one of the voice actors, I think.
that’s why they’re paid per line, not per dialogue (cmiiw)
i mean thats just not true, for anything really, not just anime but also movies and youtube
especially becuase in anime a lot of times seiyuu only get their part of the script so they might not understand the full story
PLUS, normally they dont record over the actual anime itself but like a preliminary storyboard version so getting to see the finished product is also something they can very much enjoy
and as for the auditions they fail, i think it really comes down to aoyama-san's personal passion for the job
shes very passionate about it so she will feel defeated if she fails an audition
but from what you hear from other seiyuu's its more of 'i wonder who got the role that i failed in' and they learn from there
isnt it because seiyuu got spoiled the plot = cant enjoy that anime anymore?
i dont feel like i wont be able to enjoy animes if i get old... age shouldnt matter for you to have fun watching any show.
In this case I believe it's because her semiotics got scrambled from anime = entertainment to, anime = if I don't get the role I'd lose my job which stresses me out.
Nah it has something to do with professional life, just imagine watching an anime full of character that is voiced by people that you trying to compete with and lose. Suck right? they got the job and got paid and you failed and got anxiety of the uncertainty whether or not you can afford food if this goes for too long.
I genuinely feel bad for her. She's basically saying its hard for her to enjoy the anime since she's one of the seiyuu's right? (Im not a native english so i might've misunderstood what she said)
Being seiyuu is tough because you have to compete with other seiyuus for a role. She said that she had tries apply thousands of application for hundreds of different roles and failed to get the role from time to time.
The reason why she can't enjoy anime any longer is because of jealosy over someone's success to be able to get a role and a regret that she can't or failed to have one.
@@bittersweet4074 although at the very least, from this point she could make it big.
Damn that's Sad.
This hits me hard cause I know someday I would lose my enjoyment on watching anime as I grow older and thinking about it scares me
it will be unfortunately since i see japanese animation often heavily relies on fanservices and merchandising. i think they should experience with new things like what we have from dreamworks and sony animation
Which episode of Bocchi The Radio is this clip from?
being a former seiyuu in one of the worst idol franchise anime really take a toll on her.
what franchise? when it comes to idols i know of only love live or idolmaster but I'm not familiar with either
@@nerd2544 Uma Musume or something, about horse girl racing
@@kucingoyen1 what the fuck is that sounds hilarious lmaoo
@@kucingoyen1 the reviews are pretty good and giving it above average scores, is it just the premise that's shit or what.
@@nerd2544 no i heard its actually a pretty good, underrated anime. sold like 20,000+ bds which is really good because of the gacha, think its getting a third season, and has high reviews from what ive heard. idk what op on about